Ex-Globacom Top-gun, Okon Iyanam allegedly Assassinated

A former
Executive Director, Marketing Communication, Globacom, Okon Iyanam has been reported shot
dead on Wednesday by some unidentified gunmen.

Iyanam was said to have
been fatally shot at his guesthouse in Mowe, Ogun State.

The assailants were
said to have woken him up from sleep before killing him.

Iyanam was until his death
the chief executive officer of Bond Consulting.

A pioneer staff of Globacom, Iyanam
was special adviser to the chairman, Mike Adenuga, general manager corporate
communications and general manager corporate sales.

The Theatre Art graduate
of the University of Calabar left Globacom and was briefly with the Enyi
Odigbo-led DDB Lagos before joining Insight/Grey.

At Insight, he was on
board appointment with specific functional responsibilities for the strategic
planning department, a department overseeing all aspects of brand management
and communications development using applicable Grey International research and
proprietary instruments.

Iyanam also served as
chief marketing officer of Vmobile Nigeria, now operating as Airtel.

He returned to Globacom in
2009 as head, special projects in the company’s communications department.

He was also one-time
assistant general manager sales & marketing at Leventis Group of Companies,
aside from having a stint at UAC Nigeria Plc. as brand manager.

A former group managing
director of Quintessentially Nigeria Ltd. (QNL), Iyanam in 2012 petitioned the
then Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged unlawful
arrest and threat to life by former chairman of the National Population
Commission, Eze Festus Odimegwu.

Odimegwu, who was QNL
chairman, also petitioned Abubakar over an alleged theft of N50 million from
the company by Iyanam.

Iyanam was a former Akwa
Ibom governorship aspirant under the platform of Accord Party.